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I'm with you, Kombat. From what I've read under pitching is more detrimental than over pitching. Unless, of course, someone wants to under pitch in order to cultivate esters etc. Additionally, I don't see any harm in over pitching as opposed to pitching the exact amount needed as long as its...

Kombat. Thank you. You are correct, sir. Slip of the tongue. I made 2x 2liter growlers or 4 total liters of starter. I will definitely try to find out more about the science behind the "too much yeast" scenario.

Please school me (again honest, non snarky), on the "why". What is too much yeast. What are the negative effects? Specifically. Because now I have 2 differences of opinion in this blog; one telling me I'm not pitching enough and one telling me I'm pitching too much. Which is it?

Or do you really need only 1 pack of dry yeast per 5 gallon batch? Why then is there all this pitch calculator hocus pocus?

I agree. Which is why I used a 4l (.5gal) starter for each 5 gallon batch. I also understand not wanting to tire the yeast out but is that an issue with a starter? If the yeast is healthy, won't It divide and give you extra healthy yeast plus tired yeast?

Crisis averted! Eastoak- you're right I didn't give it enough time. And, as stated by Helibrewer, the fermentation did not appear identical. However, both starters turned out just fine. Potentially the 3056 was dominant in one and S33 the other. Either way, both 5 gal batches are doing just...

I do not know the OG of the starter but it is probably about 1.06. I actually did use 2 yeast packs wyeast 3056 and the s33. The 3056 must've been old because it did nothing for the 1st six hours so I pitched the s33 just to be safe. My lovely wife keeps a pretty rigid budget on my beer...

I have been told that the co2 is vented through the pressure relief valve at the top of the keg once the co2 has built up enough. I have sugar primed in a corny before and it built up a considerable amount of pressure. When I manually vented it, it shot out of the valve and all over the...

Recently started two yeast starters in two different growlers for a 10 gal batch of weizenbock. I used 1 lb of wheat DME for the fermentables. I poured that into the growlers which I had sanitized by soaking in bleach water for two hours, rinsed, then I pitched in safbrew s33 yeast. Both are...